Re: [OS:N:] DRM and Open Source

On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 17:00, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 10:00:07 at 10:00:07AM -0400, Johnnie Peters ([email protected]) wrote:
>  
> > Marco, I think what he is trying to say is that everybody has always
> > "marked up" their copyrighted products to allow them to better
> > understand or find information.  This is as simple as using a yellow
> > high lighter.  I also often photocopied a particular table or segment
> > from a book for quicker access before a test.
> > 
> 
> If so, if you print a page from a DRM-locked PC you can still do
> it. Or is DRM even supposed to forbid printing? I confess my ignorance
> on this particular point.
Actually I also wonder about this point.
> 
> If by parsing he means the digital equivalent of that, like copying
> the only table or image he needs in a 10 MB file in a smaller file to
> keep for personal reference I think too he should have the right to do
> it. If he wants to put that very same image/text in a new document to
> be distributed, he should abide to whatever license came with the
> original document (ask permission, pay royalties, whatever).

O.K. Now on this point I think we can talk about the differences between
the american copyright laws and how they should apply to the EULA
agreements.

Am am to IP lawyer so I may also be wrong.  Under american copyright a
user has the right to "fair use" of any written material.  You can
directly quote from and actually use copied material as long as it is a
very small percentage of the total document.  You must also give credit
to the source of the material.  There are other restrictions but these I
think are the most important.  It would be pretty much impossible for a
magazine to place a notice on the cover that states if you open this you
can not every talk to anybody about it or show it to a friend.  This is
extreme stated but maybe not so extreme.

Content delivery providers for ebooks and other things are trying to get
around some of the basic tenants of copyright law by considering it a
piece of electronics and not printed material.  However, if I buy a book
on printed form and electronic form I should have the exact same rights
to do with the content of the "book".

Johnnie



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